Besides Diapers and Covers, there are a number of
Diapering Accessories you may find useful:

Diaper Doublers: absorbent pads that can be
placed in a diaper to help absorb more liquid than
the diaper alone can. They don't add as much bulk as
double diapering.

Diaper Liners: thinner than diaper doublers.
Usually used to help ease the disposal of solid waste
(it's easier to dunk a liner than a whole diaper)
and to help keep the diapers from getting stained. These
come in both reusable cloth form and disposable form.
Some disposables are flushable, and some aren't- keep
an eye on the package directions.

Cloth Wipes: Why not use these instead of
disposable wipes? They can be washed right along with
the diapers and you control what wipe solution you use
on your baby's skin. These vary from thin squares of
flannel to thick terry cloth washcloths. Easy to make
your own if you sew.

Pins: With the wraps available nowadays,
pins are not always necessary. I find them very useful
in keeping my toddler's diaper on snugly, however! A tip
for pin users: On a couple of sites, I've seen suggestions
on how to help the pins slide through the diaper fabric
smoothly. Some suggest sticking the pins in a bar of soap
or wax. Others suggest running the pin through your hair
first (this really does work!). But my favorite tip came
from my mom. She suggests running the pin along the side
of your nose. It's my favorite tip because I've stuck
myself in the head while running the pin through my
hair before! (I never said I was coordinated!) Nary a
scratch when I run it along side my nose. :)

How Many Diapers Do I Need Per Child? How Many Covers?

Diapers: This depends on how often you want to do diaper laundry.
A newborn can go through 8-12 diapers/day. As children
get older, they may need fewer diaper changes but will
need more absorbency. You may end up needing to double
diaper later, depending on what type of diaper you use.
2-4 dozen diapers per child should work, but I
personally prefer 3-4 dozen.

Covers: Well, I once got by with 4 covers. It's
much easier to have 6-8 covers in each size, though.
They don't need to be washed after every use. You can
rotate them and let them air out between changes.
Sometimes, rinsing them between uses and air drying
works well- depending on the type of cover, it could
be dry and ready to use by the next diaper change.

How Often Do I Change Them?

As a general rule, any diaper (cloth or disposable)
should be changed about every 2 hours, or better yet,
whenever it's wet. A soiled diaper should be changed
ASAP.

Environmental Concerns

There are many other sites out there that can give you
hard data on the environmental impact of Disposable vs.
Cloth diapers. There are some listed in the
Diapering Resources/Links page
under Cloth Diapering Articles, Books, and Informational Sites.
There are quite a few conflicting reports out there.
I personally feel that the environment benefits from
reducing unnecessary garbage. Plastic-wrapped bundles of
chemicals saturated in human waste sitting in a landfill
is not my idea of environmental friendliness. Cloth
diapers have their drawbacks as well, but fewer, I feel,
than "disposable" diapers.

Health Concerns

There are also conficting reports on the health benefits/drawbacks
of Cloth vs. Disposable diapers. Some say
cloth diapers increase the incidence of diaper rash, others
say just the opposite. I can tell you that in my personal
experience, my kids have had practically no rashes in
cloth. (There was a time when my older daughter was in
disposables...ick...and to be fair, she didn't have
many rashes in those, either.) However, I know that
skin needs to breathe to be healthy, which is why I
wear cotton undergarments myself. I would want nothing
less for my kids. There are also a number of children
who are allergic to the materials used in disposable
diapers. And, most alarmingly, the absorbent gels used
in disposable diapers today have had no long term
studies done to verify their safety (that I can find,
anyway). Take a look at the article links on the
Diapering Resources/Links page
to help form your own conclusion.

Cost

I really do have something to say here- I just need to
do a little more research first!

Why I Think Cloth Diapers Are So Convenient

Okay, have you ever needed to change a diaper in the
middle of the night, reached over for the bag of
disposables, and there is only one diaper left! Well,
you know you're going to need more for the morning- so
it's off to the all-night store to get another package
of diapers. Blame it on poor planning, right?

Or, how about when you finally make it to the grocery
store, the cart is full of food, the bottom rack of
the cart is loaded down with that big bag of dog food
(or there isn't a bottom rack at all!) and there is
just no place to put that big bag of disp. diapers!

Well, those things have happened to me when we used
disp. diapers. It's a pain. Plus, there is the diaper
garbage to worry about. The darn genie is filled up
again, and you have to take it apart, lug the diapers
out to the garbage pail, and put the genie back
together again. This happens *at least* every 2 days!

I have found it so much easier to just wash diapers
myself. I can wash them whenever I want! I don't have
to wait a whole week for the diaper service to pick
them up, either (or remember to put the dirty diapers
out for them to pick up in the first place). Not to bad mouth
diaper services- they can be lifesavers. I just find it
more convenient to wash my own diapers myself.
I can do a ton of other things around the house while
the machine washes the diapers. It hardly takes any
time at all once it's been worked into the weekly
routine. Diaper laundry is like towel laundry- easy.

Wipe Solutions

This is how I make my wipe solution: I take an old disp.
wipes container (like chubs)and fill it about 1/4 -1/2
full with water that has been both filtered and previously
boiled. (not boiling at the time it gets put into the
container. LOL!) I add about 7 drops of Dr Bronners
Castille Soap, and a teaspoon of baby oil. Then I put
about 15 or so cloth wipes into the container, and let
the solution saturate them. The wipes usually get used
up by the time it's time to wash the diapers in a
couple days. I've heard that if you put too many wipes
in at once, and they stay in the solution for too long,
they may mildew. There are some antifungal wipes
recipes in the links below to avoid this.